Women’s T20 World Cup: West Indies ease past Thailand riding on Stafanie Taylor’s all-round performance


Women’s T20 World Cup: West Indies ease past Thailand riding on Stafanie Taylor’s all-round performance

Perth, Feb 22 (AFP): The West Indies got rid of a batting stutter to beat gallant debutant Thailand by 7 wickets at the women’s Twenty20 World Cup in Perth on Saturday.

The 2016 champions appeared set for an anticipated simple triumph after limiting Thailand to a modest 78 for 9 off their 20 overs.But the West Indies had a hard time at 27 for 3 in the chase prior to captain Stafanie Taylor (26 not out) and Shemaine Campbelle (25 not out) ferreted out the overall with 20 shipment to spare.

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Naruemol Chaiwai‘s spectacular run out of opener Lee-Ann Kirby for three highlighted Thailand’ s remarkable fielding performance.

Thailand, the most affordable ranked team in the competition, are making their debut at a cricket World Cup– men’s or women’s– after a fairy tale run in credentials.

However captain Sornnarin Tippoch’s decision to bat in overcast conditions backfired on the famous bouncy WACA pitch.

Wicketkeeper-batswoman Nannapat Koncharoenkai played an only hand with an identified 33 however did not have assistance as Thailand’s lack of experience revealed, losing 32 for 7 in the backend.

New Zealand and Sri Lanka play in the later Group B match in Perth with just the leading 2 from each of the 2 5-team groups making the knockout stage.

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